Rumours of Propellerheads DAW Software

Rumours are surfacing that there is a totally new dedicated DAW about to surface, to be uncovered at the upcoming Propellerhead Producers Conferences to be held simultaneously at various worldwide locations on May 9th.

The events are open to the public and feature masterclasses from professional producers on aspects of music production using Reason, including A Guy Called Gerald, Alex Blanco, Gary Bromham – and that's just the London show.

According to FutureMusic.com who broke the story, their quote from a "source in Sweden":

"This will not be an update to Reason, which will retain its own product category, but will be a new standalone product that will have full-on audio recording capabilities."

If there's a conference near you, go book your tickets.

• TheProducersConference.com
• FutureMusic story

A totally new DAW from Propellerheads? Sounds exciting but also frightening!

Their last update to Reason 4 sequencer was a disaster! I wonder if they do the same mistakes with their new product because the heart of every DAW is the sequencer.

Time will tell.

05-May-09 07:03 AM

Hopefully its all reason's gear in plugin form.

05-May-09 10:07 AM

"Their last update to Reason 4 sequencer was a disaster" - Quite possibly the most stupid statement I've ever heard in all my life, period.

05-May-09 11:26 AM

Disaster? Maybe if you never took the time to learn the new tools. V4 was easily the best update once I figured out how to sue the new features in my workflow. I'm stll hoping for a 4.5 to add an "export individual tracks" function of some sort. Having said that, they do have to be careful with anything remotely tagged as a DAW. Seeing how they have a good track record, I give them the benefit of the doubt though =)

05-May-09 01:08 PM

I disagree! The sequencer in reason4 is quite awful!

It feels very wrong and static! The sequencer in version3 was simpler and quicker by far!

05-May-09 05:56 PM

Dan Engelbrecht from Propellerheads says:

"There has been some rumors floating about the web about the Producers Conferences we will be having around the world on saturday and what we might do or not do... Well, the only way to find out is to actually go to the conference. They are always greatly appreciated so either way you won't lose anything by going."

http://www.propellerheads.se/company/crew/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_plan_cmt&PID=4&ID=14&PlanCmtID=1778

06-May-09 04:19 AM

Reason is not for everybody.

The new R4 sequencer is a compromise between the older simplicity and some advanced features Reason was in need.

I also suspect (and I may be totally wrong) that many of these new features implemented to R4's sequencer have something to do this new rumored DAW. So I'm not at all surprised if the new DAW has exactly the same sequencer (with audio tracks support of course).

I personally would also find it very interesting and even helpful if the new DAW had the same "virtual rack with audio&CV cables at the back" graphical interface, with advanced Combinator-like VST and ReWire wrapper rack modules as the interface.

...anyway, May 9th is not far :)

BTW, Nick, are you planning to go and cover the Conference and post some video of it? :D

06-May-09 04:56 AM

Its true, The sequencer in R4 is a compromise between the older simplicity and some advanced features Reason was in need.

But it could be a lot better. The graphics are too large for the size of the application. I feel that a redesign with attention to detail is definitely needed.

but hey... Nick are you going to Guildford producers conference? The anticipation is huge and global! A video is much in demand!

07-May-09 04:49 AM

they better have a completely new, reworked audio engine

because Reason always has sounded like shit when you get a full mix going with tons of synths and FX

its just a bush-league sound quality IMO

07-May-09 09:50 AM

dok whammo maybe you cant mix or is doing something wrong.apart from not having vst and audio it has never let me down.and ihave use high end gear.you shoul hear the scores people have made with this thing

08-May-09 12:48 AM

dim, I couldn't agree more. If you can't make Reason sound good, you can't mix. Period. Remarks like that one from whammo about Reason always comes from people without the slightest clue about audio - digital or analog.

08-May-09 03:31 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juKTiMzIFfo THATS AN UPDATE

08-May-09 07:00 PM

Take Reason 4, remove synths, leave effects, upgrade mixer and turn MIDI tracks into audio tracks in the sequencer .... and Rewire it to Reason!

09-May-09 01:13 PM

I heard its called REcord

09-May-09 01:34 PM

64 bit engine 4 new effects that change time & space recycle in reason but somthing else like DNA

09-May-09 01:37 PM

www.reasonstation.net/record/

10-May-09 06:58 AM

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